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Twitter admits its algorithms amplify right-wing content

An internal study at Twitter has revealed that the platform's algorithms amplify right-wing content over left-wing content.

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Facebook agrees to pay French media publishers over copyright

The social media giant reached an agreement with some French dailies just weeks after signing an agreement with newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro.

USA

Donald Trump to launch social network after Twitter and Facebook bans

The former US president plans to launch a platform called Truth Social, as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube uphold their bans on his accounts.

Slovakia

Slovakian President slams MP for Facebook post about her daughter

Independent MP Tomáš Taraba has been accused of "attacking" the daughter of President Zuzana Čaputová on Facebook.

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Is Facebook about to change its name?

Amid heavy scrutiny, Facebook has reportedly decided it’s time for a new name that aligns with it’s ambitions to build the ‘metaverse’.

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Why has Facebook been slapped with a fine by a UK regulator?

"This should serve as a warning to any company that thinks it is above the law," the UK's competition body said.

Europe Decoded

Belarus threatens to criminalise certain social media channels

Belarus' Main Directorate for Fighting Organised Crime has said that citizens who subscribe to "extremist Telegram channels and chats" are also criminally liable.

Sweden

‘Concrete measures’ needed to fight anti-Semitism says Swedish PM

A conference on Wednesday focused on the receding memory of the Holocaust and the rise of anti-Semitism views on social media.

Scenes

Meet the women hunting cyber criminals and fighting for justice

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“The fact that our daily life got transferred to cyberspace, the sexist violence in the streets transferred itself to cyberspace.”

Tech News

Nobel winner Maria Ressa calls Facebook 'biased against facts'

Ressa, who was the joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize this week, slammed Facebook as a threat to democracy.

World News

Euroviews. Regulating Big Tech will take pluralism and institutions | View

Give social media users a choice of algorithm - and real, independent oversight bodies - to keep debate online free and healthy, argue EDMO's Miguel Poaires Maduro and law researcher Francisco de Abreu Duarte.

Tech News

EU chief: Facebook's outage shows why tech industry needs more players

EU competition watchdog Margrethe Vestager said the six-hour outage showed that consumers needed more alternatives in the tech market.

Tech News

Four key takeaways from the Facebook whistleblower's Senate hearing

Frances Haugen spent hours giving evidence to a US Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, prompting pushback from Facebook and a memo from Mark Zuckerberg.

World News

Ex-Facebook manager urges Congress to regulate tech giant

“Facebook’s products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy,” a former employee told the US Congress on Tuesday.

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MEPs demand Facebook investigation after whistleblower leaks

Two European lawmakers said the leaked documents proved big tech companies could not be trusted to regulate themselves.

Tech News

Here's how Facebook disappeared from the Internet

The sheer scale of Facebook meant its downtime had ripple effects hitting businesses, advertisers and even locking the company's employees out of their offices.

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back online after global outage

The major outage on Monday affected millions of users of the three social media platforms around the world.

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Facebook promotes hate to make money, whistleblower claims

The social media giant knows hate speech is a problem. It also knows it's profitable, a former employee claimed on Sunday.

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Facebook knew that celebrity posts made Instagram users feel worse

Internal research by Facebook found that some celebrities posted photos that made their followers have a worse self-image.

Health news

Facebook challenged over Instagram's mental health impact on kids

US Senators accused Facebook of hiding research that showed Instagram was harming teenagers. The company says it takes safety "very seriously".